Student Prizes
| Faculty of Health Sciences Prize Night |
| Discipline of Speech Pathology Annual Student Awards |
| University of Sydney Prizes |
Faculty of Health Sciences Prize Night
The Faculty of Health Sciences holds an award ceremony and reception in May each year to recognise and celebrate the excellent academic achievements of more than 50 prize winners.
Most of the prizes are sponsored by major health related organisations whose representatives will award the prizes during a ceremony presided over by the Dean.
Heads of Discipline and many other academic staff also attend the event to congratulate the prize winners and to mingle with their families during the reception.
Discipline of Speech Pathology Annual Student Awards
The following prizes are awarded annually at the Faculty of Health Sciences Prize Night.
The prize winners are determined by results and committee recommendation. If two students achieve the same result, the prize is shared.
Award winners are published in the Sydney Morning Herald and on this website.
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Bruce Baker, Semantic Compactions Prize |
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| Prize: Framed certificate and $200 cash |
| Selection Criteria: |
- Student is enrolled in the final year of a Bachelor of Applied Science (Speech Pathology) or Bachelor of Health Science (Hearing and Speech) course
- Awarded for the highest achievement in disability units of study and disability clinical placements
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The Harcourt Assessment Prize |
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| Prize: Framed certificate and a $400 Gift Voucher for Harcourt Assessment products |
| Selection Criteria: |
- Student is enrolled in the final year of a Bachelor of Applied Science (Speech Pathology) course
- Student demonstrates the greatest proficiency in clinical education over the final 2 years of their degree
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The Speech Pathology Association of Australia Prize (Undergraduate) |
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| Prize: Framed certificate and a 1 year membership of the Speech Pathology Association of Australia |
| Selection Criteria: |
- Student is enrolled in the final year of a Bachelor of Applied Science (Speech Pathology) course (Honours or Pass)
- Student demonstrates outstanding academic achievements, including research, throughout their course and/or excellent clinical achievements throughout their course
- Not open to international students unless they will practice in Australia within 12 months of graduating
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The Speech Pathology Association of Australia Prize (MSLP) |
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| Prize: Framed certificate and a 1 year membership of the Speech Pathology Association of Australia |
| Selection Criteria: |
- Student is enrolled in the Masters of Speech Language Pathology Honours Course
- Awarded to the student with the highest academic performance, including research, throughout their course
- Not open to international students unless they will practice in Australia within 12 months of graduating
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Vicki Reed Honours Research Thesis Prize |
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| Prize: Framed certificate and $200 Cash |
| Selection Criteria: |
- Student is enrolled in an honours program in the final year of the Speech Pathology course or is a Hearing and Speech student who has finished the Hearing and Speech course and enters the honours program at the beginning of the next year
- Graduating student with the highest mark awarded for an honours thesis
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Discipline of Speech Pathology Hearing and Speech Award |
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| Prize: Framed certificate and $100 Cash |
| Selection Criteria: |
- Student is enrolled in the final year of a Bachelor of Health Science (Hearing and Speech) course
- Graduating student. Grade average must exceed credit
- Awarded for the highest grade average, calculated on performance in all units of study, in years 2 and 3 of the degree
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Discipline of Speech Pathology Prize for Clinical Excellence (MSLP) |
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| Prize: Framed certificate and $200 Cash |
| Selection Criteria: |
- Student is enrolled in the Masters of Speech Language Pathology Course
- This award recognizes sustained outstanding performance in clinical education and is awarded to the student who demonstrates the greatest proficiency in clinical education over their degree
University of Sydney Prizes
There are more than 900 prizes and minor scholarships awarded annually at the University of Sydney.
The majority of these awards are made for outstanding performance in undergraduate study with nominations being collated when final results become available at the end of each academic year.
There are also a considerable number of prizes awarded for postgraduate work.
Prizes may take the form of cash payment, medals, book prizes, membership of organisations and other items. Many prizes and minor scholarships have long histories dating from bequests left to the University at the beginning of the last century, bringing a sense of tradition to the awards.
If you have any enquiries about Prizes at the University of Sydney, please email
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The University Medal |
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| Prize: Framed Medal and Certificate |
| Selection Criteria: |
- A faculty may signal outstanding achievement in a Bachelor course by the award of a University Medal to one or more students who have satisfied the requirements of an Honours degree
- Faculties should discuss and agree on the normal minimum levels of academic performance required for the award of a Medal, preferably using broadly comparable University-wide criteria based on the conditions for the award of First Class Honours. In those cases where departments submit results and recommendations to more than one faculty, the award of both Medals and First Class Honours in all of the faculties should be consistent overall with the departmental order of merit
- The merits of each candidate for a Medal should be debated by each faculty honours board. The award of a Medal should not be based solely on a numerical mark/faculty formula (i.e. a minimum criterion should be regarded as a necessary but not sufficient condition for the award of a Medal)
- A distinction should be made between the requirements for the award of First Class Honours and of Medals. For example, in courses in which an Honours Fourth Year is prescribed the Honours awards could be based solely on final year marks. On the other hand, Medals should be awarded taking account of students' academic performance throughout their university studies in that course. Recipients of Medals would be expected to have not only outstanding performances in the Honours year, but also meritorious undergraduate performances (particularly in their major subjects), especially after first year. Faculties should allow consideration of students who exhibit ever-improving academic performance
- Faculty honours boards should consider candidates for Medals within the context of the whole field of candidates for First Class Honours within the course in question. Members of honours boards should have before them the complete academic records of students recommended by departments for the award of First Class
- Honours students entering the University with advanced standing should be assessed for Medals in the same way as students undertaking their entire studies within the University